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JOHN HAGGERTY, OF EAST SPRINGFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters .Patent No. 68,737 dated September 10, 1867.

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Be it known that I, JOHN HAGGERTY, of East Springfield, in the county of' Erie, and State of Pennsylvenia., have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Cock-Eyes; and I dohereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use `the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming port of this specification.'`

This invention relates to :tn improvement in cook-eyes, and consists of a bed of malleable iron, orother suitable'material, 'in which a. spring-bolt is set andflreld in place by u sliding plate. This is sewn between the two thicknesses of leather in the tug, and clamps the head of the.whii;lietree. In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a buck view of my improved cock-eyenanxl l l Figure 2 is a'horizontalsection thereofl a-t line x 2:.

Similar letters `oi reference indicate like parts.

A is en open trough-shaped hed, of malleable iron,or other suitable material, having across-piece, a, and stop a. The cross-piece a Vforms, with the bed A, n socket to receive the end of the spring-bolt B, which is inserted from the iront of the bed A, and is held in place by the cross-piece d, stop a', :md rhomboidal sliding plate C, sliding in grooves in the front of A., v:its shown by the dotted lines, iig. 1. The plate C might be dispensed with, and afpin or other fastening substituted for it.

The cock-eye, consisting of the bed A, spring-bolt B and its fastening, is sewn" between the two thicknesses-N of leather inthe tug, and slipped over the heed D of the'vi'hiilie-treo,` the spring'b beingforced back in the operation. The trece being then turned, the heu-d D beers against-the bed A, and its neck d is clamped bythe spring-bolt B.

Whitt I claim es new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isil. The spring-bolt B, set in the bedA, and in combination with it, in manner and for the purposes as` above set forth and described. i

2. The bed A, bolt B, springr b, and plete C, or its equivalent, forming together n spring coole-eye, all substantially as and for the purposes above set forth and described.

JGHN HAGGERTY.

Witnesses:

M. W. RoisisoN, Geenen Hennen.

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